Documents: Complaints and Petitions for Review (2021)

Information related to complaints and petitions for review received by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

• 01/05/2021, CAA, Environment Texas, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Complaint (pdf) (552.59 KB)
  Failure to grant or deny Title V permits in the state of Texas
• 01/19/2021, CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Petition for Review (pdf) (608.54 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action entitled "Control of Air Pollution From Airplanes and Airplane Engines: GHG Emission Standards and Test Procedures, at 86 Fed. Reg. 2136 (Jan. 11, 2021)
• 01/19/2021, CAA, City of New York, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Virginia, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, Stat of Illinois, Petition for Review (pdf) (578.05 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action entitled "Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter," published at 85 Fed. Reg. 82,684 (Dec. 18, 2020)
• 01/19/2021, CAA, Environment Integrity Project, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Petition for Review (pdf) (231.05 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled "Air Plan Approval, Iowa, Air Quality SierraClub Implementation Plan-Muscatine Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area and Start-up, Shutdown, Malfunction SIP Call Withdrawal" at 85 FR 73,218 (Nov. 17, 2020)
• 01/21/2021, CAA, Heal Utah, National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Review Clue, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, Petition for Review (pdf) (124.54 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action entitled "Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans, Utah, Regional Haze State and Federal Implementation Plans, "85 Fed. 75,860 (Nov. 27, 2020)
• 01/21/2021, CAA, Renewable Fuels Association, Petition for Review (pdf) (242.74 KB)
  Petition for review EPA's actions on January 19, 2021, granting small refinery exemption petitions for 2018 and 2019
• 01/13/2021, CAA, States of New York, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of New Jersey, City of New York, Complaint (pdf) (257.42 KB)
  For failure to approve or disapprove Good Neighbor state implementation plans for the 2015 ozone NAAQS for 6 states (IN, KY, MI, OH, TX, WV)
• 01/19/2021, CAA, Association if Irritated Residents, Complaint (pdf) (59.92 KB)
  Failure to approve, disapprove, or partially approve/disapprove the 2018 Plan for the 1997, 2006, and 2012 PM2.5 Standards and the San Joaquin Valley Supplement to the 2016 State Strategy for the State Implementation Plan
• 01/28/2021, CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Califomia Communities Against Toxics, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, RISE St. James, Sierra Club, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Complaint (pdf) (321.62 KB)
  Failure to preform duties under CAA sections 111 and 112 for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
• 01/13/2021, APA,CWA, American Rivers, Healthy Gulf, National Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Complaint (pdf) (360.24 KB)
  EPA's determination regarding scope of 404(c)
• 01/25/2021, Clean Air Act, American Lung Association, Petition for Review (pdf) (572.26 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled “Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter” at 85 FR 82,684 (Dec. 18, 2020)
• 01/25/2021, Clean Air Act, State of New York, Petition for Review (pdf) (355.73 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA’s final rule entitled “Increasing Consistency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process,” 85 FR 84,130 (Dec. 23, 2020) (Benefit Cost Rule)
• 01/25/2021, Clean Air Act, City of New York, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Minnesota, Petition for Review (pdf) (762.83 KB)
  Petition for review EPA's final agency action entitled Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 85 Fed. Reg. 87,256 (Dec. 31, 2020)
• 01/25/2021, Clean Air Act, State of California, Petition for Review (pdf) (1.56 MB)
  Petition for review EPA's final agency action entitled “Control of Air Pollution from Airplanes and Airplane Engines: GHG Emission Standards and Test Procedures,” at 86 Fed. Reg. 2,136 (Jan. 11, 2021)
• 01/25/2021, Clean Air Act, State of New Jersey, Petition for Review (pdf) (3.13 MB)
  Petition for review EPA's final action entitled "Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR): Project Emissions Accounting," at 85 Fed. Reg. 74,890 (Nov. 24, 2020)
• 01/25/2021, Clean Air Act, Califomia Communities Against Toxics, Petition for Review (pdf) (554.19 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled “Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act,” at 85 Fed. Reg. 73,854 (Nov. 19, 2020)
• 01/25/2021, Clean Air Act, Sierra Club, Petition for Review (pdf) (2.67 MB)
  Petition for review of EPA's rule entitled "Air Plan Approval
• 01/27/2021, Clean Air Act, State of California, Petition for Review (pdf) (503.03 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled “Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act.” at 85 Fed. Reg. 73,854 (Nov. 19, 2020)
• 01/26/2021, APA, Environmental Defense Fund, Petition for Review (pdf) (14.53 MB)
  Order in the 1,4-dioxane final risk evaluation determining no unreasonable risks from certain conditions of use and exclusion of certain uses and exposure pathways from the risk evaluation
• 01/28/2021, Clean Air Act, American Public Health Association, Petition for Review (pdf) (196.81 KB)
• 01/28/2021, Clean Air Act, State of California, Petition for Review (pdf) (850.8 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled “Pollutant-Specific Significant Contribution Finding for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, and Process for Determining Significance of Other New Source Performance Standards Source Categories” at 86 Fed. Reg. 2,542 (Jan. 13, 2021)
• 01/28/2021, Clean Air Act, Environmental Defense Fund, Petition for Review (pdf) (386.35 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled “Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR): Project Emissions Accounting,” at 85 Fed. Reg. 74,890 (Nov. 24, 2020)
• 01/28/2021, Clean Air Act, Califomia Communities Against Toxics, Petition for Review (pdf) (365.57 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled “Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process” at 85 Fed. 21-1041 Reg. 84,130 (Dec. 23, 2020)
• 01/28/2021, APA, A COMMUNITY VOICE; CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES AGAINST TOXICS; HEALTHY HOMES COLLABORATIVE; NEW JERSEY CITIZEN ACTION; NEW YORK CITY COALITION TO END LEAD POISONING; SIERRA CLUB, Petition for Review of Lead Clearance Rule (pdf) (29.61 MB)
  The final rule entitled "Review of Dust-Lead Post Abatement Clearance Levels" at 86 Fed. Reg. 983 (Jan. 7, 2021)
• 01/27/2021, TSCA, Alaska Community Action On Toxics, TSCA section 6(a) EPA's Final Rule, DecaBDE, Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals under TSCA section 6(h) (pdf) (140.17 KB)
  TSCA section 6(a) EPA's Final Rule, DecaBDE, Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)
• 02/01/2021, APA, Center for Environmental Health, Petition for Review (pdf) (49.43 KB)
  Petition for review of final risk evaluation for 1,4-dioxane under TSCA
• 01/26/2021, Clean Air Act, Calumet Montana Refining, LLC, Petition for Review (pdf) (981.1 KB)
  Failure to timely grant Calumet's small refinery hardship petitions for thc 2019 and 2020 compliance years with respect to its Great Falls, Montana refinery
• 01/29/2021, Clean Air Act, Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC, Petition for Review (pdf) (89.05 KB)
  Failure to timely grant Calumet's small refinery hardship petitions for thc 2019 and 2020 compliance years with respect to its Shreveport, Louisiana refinery
• 02/04/2021, Clean Air Act, Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., Petition for Review (pdf) (4.54 MB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final rule titled “Fuels Regulatory Streamlining at 85 Fed. Reg. 78,412
• 02/04/2021, Clean Air Act, American Petroleum Institute, Petition for Review (pdf) (106.03 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action entitled, “Fuels Regulatory Streamlining,” at 85 Fed. Reg. 78,412 (Dec. 4, 2020)
• 02/09/2021, Clean Air Act, Renewable Fuels Association, Petition for Review (pdf) (185.33 KB)
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• 02/10/2021, Clean Air Act, Center for Biological Diversity, Petition for Review (pdf) (534.82 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action entitled “Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter,” published at 85 Fed. Reg. 82,684 (Dec. 18, 2020)
• 02/10/2021, APA, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE, and AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, UAW, Petition for Review of 1,4-Dioxane Final Risk Evaluation (pdf) (151.55 KB)
  Petition for Review of Final Risk Evaluation for 1,4-Dioxane
• 01/26/2021, TSCA, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, Petition for review of asbestos risk evaluation part 1 for chrysotile (pdf) (5.85 MB)
  Asbestos Risk Evaluation Part 1 - Chrysotile
• 02/17/2021, Clean Air Act, American Academy of Pediatrics, Petition for Review (pdf) (827.91 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled “Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards” at 85 FR 87,256 (Dec. 31, 2020)
• 02/17/2021, Clean Air Act, Center for Biological Diversity, Petition for Review (pdf) (15.66 MB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action "Air Plan Approval
• 02/18/2021, Clean Air Act, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION, Petition for Review (pdf) (754.58 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final agency action titled “Pollutant-Specific Significant Contribution Finding for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, and Process for Determining Significance of Other New Source Performance Standards Source Categories” at 86 Fed. Reg. 2,542 (Jan. 13, 2021)
• 02/23/2021, Clean Air Act, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, Petition for Review (pdf) (264.5 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA’s final rule entitled “Increasing Consistency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process,” 85 FR 84,130 (Dec. 23, 2020) (Benefit Cost Rule)
• 02/16/2021, Civil Rights, National Urban League, Complaint (pdf) (831.85 KB)
• 02/25/2021, Clean Air Act, Center for Biological Diversity, Petition for Review (pdf) (704.19 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action entitled “Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards” at 85 Fed. Reg. 87,256 (Dec. 31, 2020)
• 03/01/2021, Clean Air Act, Air Alliance Houston, Petition for Review (pdf) (165.92 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action titled “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Petroleum Refinery Sector: Action Denying a Petition for Reconsideration.” at 85 Fed. Reg. 67,665 (Oct. 26, 2020)
• 03/04/2021, APA, CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH, CLEAN CAPE FEAR, DEMOCRACY GREEN, THE NC BLACK ALLIANCE, and TOXIC FREE NC, Complaint (pdf) (168.94 KB)
  Denial of a TSCA section 21 petition
• 03/05/2021, FIFRA, Farmworker Association of Florida, Petition for Review (pdf) (1.58 MB)
  Registration of aldicarb for use on orange and grapefruit in Florida
• 03/08/2021, TSCA, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute, Petition for Review (pdf) (305.43 KB)
  Final Rule: Phenol, Isopropylated Phosphate (3:1) (PIP 3:1)
• 03/16/2021, Clean Air Act, Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company, Petition for Review (pdf) (104.71 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action: Decision on the Small Refinery Exemption Petitions from the Sinclair Wyoming Refinery for 2018 and 2019 and the Sinclair Casper Refinery for 2019
• 03/22/2021, TSCA, YUROK TRIBE, CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA, LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, and CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION, Petition for review (pdf) (137.88 KB)
  TSCA section 6(h) rule invovling decaBDE
• 03/23/2021, APA, LABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT, Petition for Review (pdf) (8.85 MB)
  Order in the 1,4-dioxane final risk evaluation determining no unreasonable risks from certain conditions of use and exclusion of certain uses and exposure pathways from the risk evaluation
• 03/23/2021, TSCA, State of New York, Petition for Review (pdf) (8.92 MB)
  Order in the 1,4-dioxane final risk evaluation determining no unreasonable risks from certain conditions of use and exclusion of certain uses and exposure pathways from the risk evaluation
• 03/26/2021, ESA, Migrant Clinicians Network, Petition for Review (pdf) (1.02 MB)
  Registration of streptomycin for use on citrus
• 03/26/2021, CWA, Pueblo of Laguna, Complaint (pdf) (632.47 KB)
  Challenge to EPA and the Army’s final rule repealing the 2015 regulatory definition of “waters of the United States” and recodifying the prior regulations, as well as the agencies’ Navigable Waters Protection Rule.
• 04/08/2021, Clean Air Act, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY and CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, Complaint (pdf) (427.28 KB)
  Failure to approve or disapprove multiple submitted Oil and Natural Gas Control Techniques Guidelines (“CTG”) Reasonably Available Control Technology (“RACTs”) and unreasonably delayed in updating the 2016 CTG for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
• 04/09/2021, Clean Air Act, WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Complaint (pdf) (53.75 KB)
  Alleges that EPA failed to issue a finding of failure to submit for the Denver Metro/North Front Range serious ozone nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, but does not list specific SIP elements
• 05/03/2021, Clean Air Act, Casey Voigt, Petition for Review (pdf) (45.85 KB)
  Petition for review of EPA's final action in "In the Matter of Coyote Station Power Plant Mercer County, North Dakota, Permit No. T5-F84011, Renewal No. 4, Order on Petition Nos. VIII-2019 & VIII-2020-8 (January 15, 2021))
• 05/13/2021, Clean Air Act, Downwinders at Risk, (pdf) (84.5 KB)
  Failure to approve or disapprove 32 Good Neighbor state implementation plans for the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards submitted by the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming